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#1511 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 888 weeks ago
The Titans won because of Chris Brown, not Young. Come on guys, the Jags suck. Vince is still going to self destruct as starter, but the Titans should have put some wildcat packages together in a game (not warm ups) for VY that would utilize his talents and give the offense a boost and they wouldn't be in this position.
And no QB is going to succeed with the Titans WR's. Especially with that awful defense that makes you constantly have to play catch up.
I was really rooting for Alex Smith today and he looked really good. That's such a heartbreaker that they lose the way they did.
Is it too early to call a Vikings/Colts superbowl?
Kerry Collins can't move and when he gets blitzed up the middle he either gets sacked/fumbles or throws it toward the waterboy on the sidelines or a bad int. Vince can at least move and get a few first downs with his legs. Teams have to respect that and and that gives the rbs (mostly Chris Johnson) more chance to operate. If he keeps a few drives alive with his legs, that'll keep the shitty pass d off the field.
Regarding the Titan WR's they're actually better than they were in 2007 when he last started. They were awful that year.
Vikings and Colts both have red flags they have to overcome. Colts have never fared well in the playoffs as a top seed with home field. The book on how to beat them is pretty simple: Play cover 2 and limit the amount of big pass plays. Pressure Manning and get him out of a comfort zone. Play smash mouth running on offense to keep their smaller d line on the field and tire them out. I think the Broncos, Bengals, Ravens, and Steelers have the formula to beat them. I'd list the Pats too but their running game is suspect.
On the Vikings: Farve has fallen apart in the latter part of the season the last few years. Karl Paymah sucks, if he has to play an extended amount of time their defense will suffer. Their defense has given up a lot of 4th quarter points. They still have to beat the Saints (if it comes to that) and the Saints have Darren Sharper who played with MIN last few years and knows their schemes. I think Philly, NYG, Chicago, and maybe ARZ have good chances of advancing to the Super Bowl out of the WC round as they all posess the formula to win in the postseason.
#1512 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 888 weeks ago
Did I mention that defense BLOWS?
They really need an edge rusher as the two guys they depend on (Porter and Taylor) are getting old. The secondary (mainly the CBs) is young and they have a legitemate excuse there. A big DT wouldn't hurt either.
Thank God the Bears won. They would have been in major trouble had they lost to Cleveland. The win is nothing to write home about, but when you are trying to stay in the playoff hunt, you cant lose the easy games. The Packers lost to the Vikings which puts the Bears in good position. The NFC West is a cesspool, so the Bears are easily have their eyes on one of those two wildcard spots, which is pretty much guaranteed to go to Chicago, Minnesota, or Green Bay.
Their best chance is to hope that the NFC East teams beat the crap out of each other and they have to take care of business. Next 2 games will be critical as they play the up and down Cardinals and go fly cross country to play the 49ers on the 12th. That's 2 games in 4 days and a flight to the west coast to boot. The schedule makers didn't give them any breaks there. BTW, I think Cleveland might be the most boring team in the league to watch. Yuck.
Congrats to the Titans for putting Young in the game. That should have happened at the beginning of the season.
Too bad it took the owner essentially forcing Fisher to do this, otherwise I'd have to sit through another awful Kerry Collins performance. Only the Bucs remain in the winless column.
#1513 Re: The Sunset Strip » Most Recent Movie You've Seen » 888 weeks ago
tejastech08 wrote:Annie Hall. Very good flick.
One of the best flicks from the 70s. Probably deserved a spot in our Movie Madness.
I hated Woody Allen when I was a kid. My mom watched his films all the time. When I was older, I was at the library and checked out Annie Hall. I "got it". Immediately started diving into the rest of his filmography. He's got a few duds, but his gems more than make up for it.
I think he should have quit after Mighty Aphrodite. Would have been a great Swan Song to his career.
Have you watched Manhattan Murder Mystery? Killer movie. It was released with little attention which is unfortunate because its what Annie Hall was supposed to be. Annie Hall initially had an almost identical murder mystery as a subplot, but was completely removed before its release. I hope before he dies that he releases an unedited version of the flick. Its probably a mess, but I'd like to see it anyways. Also, pretty sure that Murder Mystery was intended as a sequel to Annie Hall, but backed out of the idea while writing it.
My favorite Woodie Allen movies:
Broadway Danny Rose
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Play It Again Sam
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Hannah and her Sisters
Mighty AphroditeSome of his other films are good(Sleeper, Take the Money and Run, Bananas), but the above is the cream of his crop. Some people rave on Zelig, but I don't like it although it was definitely groundbreaking for its time.
I don't like his dramas.
I've seen most of his films and for some reason I can't get into Annie Hall when I try to watch it a second time. Manhattan either. For some reason, I dig Hannah and her Sisters. Haven't seen Broadway Danny Rose or Manhattan Murder Mystery. I'd add Bullets over Broadway on that list too as I enjoyed that one.
Of the dramatic output, Crimes and Misdeamors and Match Point are standouts for me. I liked last year's Vicky Christina Barcelona too. I haven't seen Whatever works I think it's a comedy though. I really hated Husbands and Wives though.
Wow, you reminded me that I watched The Curse of the Jade Scorpion the other day and it was MUCH better than I expected.
I saw this when it came out in the theater (2001) and thought it was an okay film. Rewatched it a week ago and enjoyed it a whole lot more. Underrated film, worth viewing just for Charlize Theron and her Veronica Lake look.
Anyway watched Suspiria on Halloween night. Some parts good some parts cheesy.
#1514 Re: The Garden » The Phillies get to take on THE YANKEES!! » 888 weeks ago
Thansk CC, I'.ll owe you one. Yes, Cliff Lee was LIGHTS OUT!! Gotta give him major kudos, fan or not, he was awesome.
A-Roid went down bad tonight, Did he have 3 strikeouts?! Texiera's just an afterthought anyway. Phillies have 3 or 4 hitters better than him anyway, they just don't/can't pay them $20 million/year. I like Pedro in NY Game 2 too. Let's rock!
Couple things: I still can't believe that the Phillies got Lee for essentially a B Level Pitching Prospect (Carrasco), B Level Middle Infielder (Donald), replaceable catcher (Marson) and an young pitcher with upside (Jason Knapp). Lee even had a year remaining too! The Indians at least got a top hitting prospect in LaPorta with the Sabbathia trade. Unbelievable, they got to keep like their top 3 prospects. Meanwhile, Riccardi was still asking for the moon for Halladay.
I don't know about Pedro in Game Two as he has traditionally struggled there. But he does have the advantage of his arm being relatively fresh.
Phillies lineup is stacked anyway with Utley, Howard (his salary is getting high though), Werth and Ibanez. They got Werth and Victorino for cheap. As for Howard he almost got traded in 2005 to the Pirates for Kip Wells (I think Benson was also rumored but there was definitely a Wells-Howard proposal) but Dumbass Littlefield thought that he had a future 1B in Brad Eldred (he like many pirates ending up sucking in the major) so he declined. I guess Ed Wade dodged a bullet there.
Anyway, go phils.
#1515 Re: The Garden » The Phillies get to take on THE YANKEES!! » 889 weeks ago
Phillies in 6. Their lineup has a lot more thump than Angels or Twins. Pettite struggles against LH hitters as well (RH hitters hit for a higher avg vs him).
#1516 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 889 weeks ago
I hate refs. The Vikings were screwed. And Chester Taylor, wtf, dude? I'm following the Vikes this year. They proved they're the real deal.
Yep. The BS tripping call that nullified a touchdown. AP is a beast, did you see that shot he gave the Steelers CB near the end of the game?
I can't believe there are people saying that the Cowboys are legit.
They beat the Falcons who were 4-1 coming into the game. It is their first quality win of the season (beating the Chiefs, Panthers and Bucs don't count), but this team has a bad habit of folding in Nov/Dec. They have some difficult games upcoming so we should know whether or not they are real playoff contenders.
If the Bills are headed for another 6-10 or 7-9 season they should can Jauron after the season. No use wasting another year on mediocrity. Do a full sweep of the orginization and hire a Real GM not that COO that's been running things.
I think people might be sleeping a bit on the Cards. Assuming their DB injuries are minor and they get any sort of running game from Chris Wells, they are well positioned for another run at the Super Bowl. Great passing game and they stop the run.
#1517 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 890 weeks ago
I'm not saying he's a permanent failure. Although coming from USC playing in the cold wet weather of New York is going to be very hard for him for years to come. But he got a lot of praise for his first several performances and many people predicted the Jets to win the division easily (I also thought that could happen). And it simply won't. 5 INTs in one game is not the performance of a good player. It's not the performance of an ok player. If the Jets need him to win any games this year they will lose those. If the defense isn't great and the run game isn't dominant, they will not win enough games. The Bills are not good. Throwing 5 picks to that team, who had 4 picks in the 5 games prior, is really humiliating.
I think its the hype he got after those two games that really irked people like me, CC. The guy has good physical tools but he only started like 20 games at USC and as time has gone by, opposing DC's have figured out his weaknesses and he has looked awful in most of the games. The Jets did the smart thing by trading for Braylon Edwards and giving him a WR to throw to. But at this point it is still a learning process. I wouldn't be suprised if NYJ ended up like 6-10 after the 2-0 start.
The end of the Bears game had to be frustrating. The long KR by Atlanta that set up the GW td and the killer false start penalty by the veteran Pace when they were looking at a 4th and 1. The good news is that the Eagles lost too; it is basically a 3 team fight for 1 spot--Eagles, Bears, Packers. Eagles play the Bears later on and GB will play CHI in Soldier Field. Bears play another tough one against CIN next week though.
#1518 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 890 weeks ago
Man TEN is definitely the WORST team in the league right now. Thankfully, they still have the Rams on the schedule and I think that'll be their only victory. I've not sure they've made a statement against a team starting two rookie CBs and a statue at QB. I'd wait till they play a real team before making a judgement. Their OL is still going to be a problem moving forward.
Still can't believe how the Eagles lost to the Raiders and even allowed JaMarcus Russell to throw for a TD.
NO and MIN have heads up on HFA but NYG has proven that they can win on the road in the playoffs so its not a big deal for that team. I'm still surprised by the NFC West. I thought SEA would go on a winning streak after last weeks game. Looks like a fight between SF and ARZ for the division crown.
CIN suffered a blow today when they lost their starting DE.
Oh, BTW TEN had -7 gross passing yards, the first team since the AFL/NFL merger to finish with less than zero. Makes that Derek Anderson performance from last week look great.
#1519 Re: The Garden » To be, or not to be an expat... that is the question » 890 weeks ago
I have just a few comments for them. Forgetting about the financials for a minute, I think the basic question is whether or not you're happy in Belgium right now. If the answer is yes, I would just stay there. However, if you want to just experiment and live vicariously I would go for it. The second part is picking a city--have you ever been to any of the French cities you mentioned? Paris has the advantage of using the same currency (euro) and excellent transportation options. OTOH, the French can be a bit stuffy.
Honestly,I would actually consider Vancouver over the US options. It is a clean city with a youthful population and good transportation options. There are also outdoor options and nightlife. The climate isn't too extreme in either direction--hot or cold. There is universal health care and it is close to several major cities in the Northwest--Portland and Seattle. They are also hosting the Winter Olympics next year.
Whatever decision you make, good luck and have fun.
#1520 Re: The Garden » The 2009 NFL Season Thread » 891 weeks ago
whats with the sub par teams on MNF so far this year?
They usually schedule the prime time games on last year's records/results. MNF is inflexible so they get stuck with that game. With the topsy turvy nature of the NFL, you're bound to have some really subpar games since they schedule on how they think the games/teams will turn out.
A great set of top heavy games this week with BAL/MIN, and NYG/NO in the early afternoon games and CHI/ATL on SNF and DEN/SD on MNF. I think the Bears have their work cut out for them in the quest for a playoff spot.
Bears upcoming schedule:
@ATL (huge game with playoff implications)
@CIN
vs CLE (win)
vs ARZ (have no idea whtat to think about AZ)
@SF (cross country games are always an issue)
vs PHI (see ATL)
@MIN
ATL gets to play the dregs of the NFC south and Phily gets to play DAL and WSH a whole bunch of times. The good news is that the Bears play both those teams and do control some of their destiny. GB could also enter the discussion as well.
